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Coca Cola Accounting Case Study

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IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITY BASED COSTING ON COMPANY PERFORMANCE A CASE OF COCA-COLA COMPANY IN TANZANIA PREPARED BY: SALUM R. MASINDE REGISTRATION NUMBER FI/0424/T.2014 A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of Masters of Science in Finance and Investment Coventry University in Collaboration with Institute of Accountancy Arusha. CERTIFICATION I, the undersigned certify that I have read and hereby recommend for acceptance by Coventry University the dissertation entitled: “Implementation of ABC on Company Performance, a Case of Coca-Cola Company in Tanzania” in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Finance and Investment offered in collaboration between …show more content…

Awareness of Activity Based Costing allocation method for all employees 25 4.4.2 The current level of ABC adoption within your organization 26 4.5 satisfied with the current overhead cost allocations 27 4.7 Extent of ABC contributions towards company’s performance 30 4.7.1 ABC method and its effectiveness on influence financial performance 30 4.7.2 Ratio analysis and financial performance 31 4.7.2 The extent of ABC contribute in achieving organizational goal 33 4.8 Challenges associated with using Activity Based Costing (ABC) method 35 4.8.1 Challenges caused by ABC cost allocation method 35 4.8.2 Other Challenges mentioned by respondents 36 CHAPTER FIVE 38 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 38 5.1 Introduction 38 5.2 Conclusions 38 5.3 Recommendation and Policy Action 40 5.4 Suggestions for Future Studies 41 REFFERENCE 43 Appendix 1 financial statement of the company 49 APPENDIX 2.INTRODUCTORY LETTER TO RESPONDENTS 52 APPENDIX: 2 INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR MANAGEMENT OF COCA-COLA 55 LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 Response Rate …show more content…

MASINDE REGISTRATION NUMBER FI/0424/T.2014 A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of Masters of Science in Finance and Investment Coventry University in Collaboration with Institute of Accountancy Arusha. CERTIFICATION I, the undersigned certify that I have read and hereby recommend for acceptance by Coventry University the dissertation entitled: “Implementation of ABC on Company Performance, a Case of Coca-Cola Company in Tanzania” in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Finance and Investment offered in collaboration between Institute of Accountancy Arusha and Coventry University. DECLARATION I, Salum R. Masinde, declare that this dissertation is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any university for similar or any other degree award. Signature…………………………………………

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